10 Exceptional and Artful Beauty Products to Gift this Holiday Season

From master perfumer creations and artist-designed collectibles to powerful, high-longevity serums that celebrate craftsmanship and heritage

Cosmetic products displayed with a winter theme, including blush, lipstick, and eyeshadow against a snowy background.
Photo: Courtesy of Chanel

As the holiday season and festive calendar fills up, let self-care be an essential and luxurious part of the celebration. Here, we present a curated assortment of exceptional beauty products from master perfumer creations and artist-designed collectibles to powerful, high-longevity serums that celebrate craftsmanship and heritage, ensuring a meaningful gift for yourself or a loved one. 

Cartier boxed item with gold and blue geometric design on the lid, inside a red and black case.
Cartier Nécessaires à Parfum Blue Dots Case. Photo: Courtesy of Cartier
Decorative Cartier notebook in a red presentation box with intricate gold and green cover design.
Cartier Nécessaires à Parfum Mashrabiya Case. Photo: Courtesy of Cartier

1. Les Nécessaires À Parfum Cartier

These miniature, jewel-like cases from Cartier’s the Les Nécessaires À Parfum Cartier collection are designed to be interchangeable, transforming the practicality of travel spray into a stunning and collectible decorative object.

Dior eye shadow palette with various shades and two applicator brushes in a gold and silver case.
Diorshow 5 Couleurs is a limited edition product produced for the Holiday 2025 season. Photo: Courtesy of Dior

2. Diorshow 5 Couleurs Holiday 2025 Eyeshadow Palette

Encased in a special gold compact, the Diorshow 5 Couleurs Holiday 2025 Eyeshadow Palette is a limited-edition set designed to capture the spirit of festive lights. Its richly pigmented powders offer five shades that seamlessly blend, allowing the wearer to create the perfect party look.

Silver cone-shaped container with text "LIFE MATRIX HAUTE REJUVENATION CREAM" etched on the front, against a white background.
Life Matrix Photo: La Prairie

3. La Prairie Matrix Cream

The ultimate in luxury skincare, La Prairie’s new face cream is powered by the brand’s patented Matrix Complex and the highest concentration of the brand’s Exclusive Cellular Complex™. The state-of-the-art formula is designed to protect and sustain the four essential pillars of your skin’s longevity matrix.

Luxury makeup brush set and stylish compacts with elegance displayed on a white background.
Louis Vuitton Lip & Eye Brush Set and LV Ombres Eyeshadow Palette. Photo: Courtesy of Louis Vuitton

4. Louis Vuitton Beauty Lip & Eye Brush Set and LV Ombres Eyeshadow Palettes

Making an exciting foray into the beauty world earlier this year, Louis Vuitton releases a special new set for the holidays, including the LV Ombres Eyeshadow Palettes and the essential Lip & Eye Brush Set, which comprises five tools designed to define, shape, and enhance eyes and lips, encased in a Monogram pouch with a coated canvas washable lining. 

Chanel perfume in brown bottle with gold applicator next to black leather case.
Chanel Lip Oil Photo: Chanel

5. Chanel Sublimage Lip Oil

Chanel extends its ultimate skincare expertise to the delicate lip area with the new Sublimage Lip Oil, a luxurious new product created with with the regenerating power of vanilla planifolia and wwertia extracts. It works overnight leaving lips looking smoother and visibly fuller by morning. It comes in a case inspired by the brand’s iconic tweed, crafted exclusively by Maison Lesage.

Skincare gift set with cream jars, a tube, and a decorative box against a pink and blue background.
Sisleÿa Luke Edward Hall Gift Set. Photo: Courtesy of Sisley Paris

6. Sisley x Luke Edward Hall L’Intégral Anti-Âge cream Gift Set

This Sisley limited-edition gift set is a stunning collectible thanks to the joyful and festive illustrations by British artist Luke Edward Hall. Inside a special box featuring a colorful theatre stage and gold Ginkgo leaves are an assortment of iconic Sisley products; L’Intégral Anti-Âge cream with the potent Eye and Lip Contour and Firming Body creams.

Three luxury lipsticks in red, maroon, and nude shades with ornate gold packaging and decorative star accents.
Guerlain Exceptional Rogue G Lipstick. Photo: Courtesy of Guerlain

7. Guerlain Rouge G Tale of Stars Jewel Case

Guerlain celebrates the festive season with the extraordinary Rouge G Tale of Stars jewel case, a limited-edition collaboration with artist and sculptor Géraldine Gonzalez. Available in 670 numbered pieces, this dazzling interpretation of the iconic Rouge G compact transforms three classic lipstick shades into a collectible art object.

Vintner's Daughter serum bottle and box with floral design on a white background.
Vintner’s Daughter Limited Edition Serum. Photo: Courtesy of Vintner’s Daughter.

8. Vintner’s Daughter x Redmond Aldrich Design

Luxury natural skincare brand Vintner’s Daughter has teamed up with the acclaimed design firm Redmond Aldrich Design to create a beautiful new edition of their cult-like Active Botanical Serum for the holidays. This collaboration celebrates Vintner’s devotion to whole-plant ingredients and nutrient-rich active botanicals with an illustration of Queen Anne’s Lace, one of the whole-plant ingredients in the formula.

Colorful makeup products arranged on a beige surface, including lipsticks, eyeshadow, and creams in vibrant packaging.
Hermes holiday Photo: Courtesy of Hermes

9. Hermès Winter 2025 Makeup Collection

Hermès Beauty mastermind Gregoris Pyrpylis is behind the new Fall/Winter 2025 limited edition make-up collection, which artfully reinterprets emblematic shapes of the circle and the square with new lipsticks and eyeshadows in an assortment of rich seasonal shades. 

Noble Panacea’s Peptide8 Night Serum. Photo: Courtesy of Noble Panacea.

10. Noble Panacea Peptide8 Night Serum

When the holiday party season is over, treat the skin to a great night’s sleep—or at least the appearance of one. The Noble Panacea The Absolute Intense Renewal Serum uses its patented OSMV Technology to continuously deliver a potent blend of Peptide⁸ and retinol, supporting intense overnight skin recovery.